NCR Two-Sided Printer Helps Grocery Store Win Green IT Award
by Francine Hardaway
Published on July 25th, 2008
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NCR, the company that invented the point-of-sale printed receipt, has now thought of a way to save both RealPOS 7168, can produce a two-sided receipt at the point of sale. By using these simultaneous two-sided thermal receipt printers in its stores, UK food retailer Sainsbury’s has won the European Retail Solutions Best Green IT Initiative Award 2008.
Last year Sainsbury’s became the first European retailer to start using the new printers, which use over 40 percent less paper. Printing on both sides of the receipt simultaneously not only saves paper, but also the energy associated with producing and transporting it.
By the end of this year, consumers will be receiving the two-sided receipts from 7,000 checkouts in approximately half of Sainsbury’s 823 UK stores resulting in a savings of 502,000 paper rolls per year – cutting receipt paper usage at the retailer by around two-fifths.
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